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Can't uninstall home search ass, search extender o

I have run sypbot, adware and CWshredder without success. I can't seem to uninstall or even locate Homesearch assistant, searchextender or shopping wizard, even though they are present in my control panel. I have dl hijackthis. Please view the following log and make suggestions! I am computer literate, all I need is directions as what to do with this information. Thank you in advance for your assistance.

2.) Double-click on the new Ewido shortcut on the desktop to open the program.3.) On the upper LH side column, click on the Update button. (This will update the program with all the latest signature files.)Don't run it yet, we will use it later.

Go to Start => Run and type "Services.msc" (without quotes) then click Ok.

1.) Scroll down and find one of the bad services described above such as: Remote Procedure Call (RPC) Helper2.) When you find it, double-click on it. 3.) In the next window that opens, click the Stop button, then click on Properties and under the General Tab, change the Startup Type to Disabled. 4.) Now hit Apply and then Ok and close any open windows.

STEP 8: copy the contents of the Quote Box below to Notepad. Name the file as cwsresfix.reg. Change the Save as Type to All Files, Save this file on the desktop. Please DO NOT include the word QUOTE when saving the file.

Get into Safe Mode using the F8 Key on your keyboard:1.) Locate the F8 key on your keyboard and then reboot your PC. (Start, Shutdown, Restart)2.) As soon as the monitor screen goes black, immediately start tapping the F8 key repeatedly until you are presented with a Windows XP Advanced Options menu. 3.) Select the option for Safe Mode using the up down arrow keys.4.) Then press Enter on your keyboard to boot into Safe Mode.5.) Perform all the cleaning tasks here and when you are done, reboot PC back into normal mode (Windows).

STEP 10:From Safe Mode, double-click on CWShredder.exe to open it, click the 'Fix->' button (not 'Scan Only') and you'll be prompted that CWShredder will shutdown any Internet Explorer and Windows Media Player windows, click OK to continue and let it run completely to delete anything it finds. After its scan, click Next, then Exit.

STEP 11:From Safe Mode, browse to C:\AboutBuster and double click on aboutbuster.exe. 1.) Click Begin Removal and allow the program to run.2.) After AboutBuster has finished click OK. It will now open a new page, click on the Protection tab and follow the instructions for protection on that page.3.) Now click Exit and then click OK to the Logfile created dialog box.

STEP 12:From Safe Mode, run the eScan Antivirus Toolkit. Please follow these instructions:1.) Double-click on the mwav.exe file saved to the desktop. A WinZip Self-Extractor will appear. 2.) Click Unzip, by default it will extract all the program files to new folder called Kaspersky at the root of the C:\drive. (C:\Kaspersky). 3.) A dialog box stating "168 file(s) unzipped successfully" will appear, click OK. After clicking ok, the eScan AntiVirus Toolkit Utility interface will appear. 4.) With the eScan interface on your desktop, make sure that the boxes under Scan Option, Memory, Registry, Startup Folders, System Folders, Services, are all checked. 5.) Check the Drive box, this will create a another Drive box below it, check this second Drive box as well, now a large window across from the second Drive box appears. In this window use the drop-down arrow and choose the drive letter of your hard drive, usually C:\. 6.) Below these boxes, make sure the box Scan All Files is checked, not Program Files. 7.) Click the Scan Clean button and let the utility run until it completes a thorough scan of your hard drive. eScan will delete any viruses or trojans it finds. 8.) When the scan has finished, the top window will read Scan Completed. To close the interface, click OK, click Exit, then click Exit again.

STEP 13:From Safe Mode, run the Ewido Security Suite 3.0.

1.) Double-click on the e Ewido shortcut on the desktop to open the program.2.) On the upper LH side column, click on Scanner.3.) Click on the + Everything button.4.) Click on the Start button.5.) Have the program delete everything it finds.

STEP 14:From Safe Mode, run the Ad-Aware SE program you downloaded and configured earlier, make sure "Perform full system scan" is checked, let it scan the hard drive and delete all entries it finds.

Run the program again a second time.

STEP 15:From Safe Mode, double-click on the cwsresfix.regyou created earlier and when it prompts to merge say yes, and this will clear some registry entries left behind by the process. Now reboot the PC back into Normal Mode (Windows).

I was unable to locate most of the above except Remote Procedure Call RPC Helper. It wouldn't allow me to stop it. It said "a required entry in registryis missing or an attempt to write to the reg. failed."

Step 11: About Buster would not create a log for me. It produced the following error "Runtime error 339 component 'comct132.ocx' or 1 of its dependents not correctly registered a file missing or invalid.

I have dl and done all the scans recommended (see previous entry dated today) yet under program files I still can view Search Extender! When I attempt to remove a website comes up and states the following :

"UNINSTALL

We are sorry that you are thinking about uninstalling SmartFinder.
We would like to thank you for using our software.

Since SmartFinder consists of three components, you can uninstall any of these leaving others on your computer.

To turn off Home Search Assistant follow this link.
To turn off Shopping Wizard follow this link.
To turn off Search Extender follow this link.